Maciej Łubieński

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Maciej Łubieński

Burial monument of Mathias Lubienski (Maciej Łubieński) inside Gniezno Cathedral

Pomian

Maciej Łubieński (1572 in Łubna – 1652 in Łowicz), of Pomian Coat of Arms, was a primate of Poland, archbishop of Gniezno, bishop of Poznań, bishop of Kujawy and interrex in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

He was educated in Sieradz, Kalisz, Poznań and Kraków. In 1641 he became the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland. During the Chmielnicki Uprising in 1648, after the death of Polish king Władysław IV Waza he became the interrex and in 1649 he crowned Jan II Kazimierz as the king of Poland. He died in Łowicz in 1652, and he was buried in his family crypt in Łowicz.

References

Urban W., Łubieński Maciej h. Pomian (1572–1652), [w:] "Wielkopolski słownik biograficzny" 1983, s. 437.

This article incorporates information from the revision as of 19 May 2006 of the equivalent article on the Polish Wikipedia.

Preceded by Jan VIII Lipski	Primate of Poland Archbishop of Gniezno 1641–1652	Succeeded by Andrzej II Leszczyński

Persondata
Name	Lubienski, Maciej
Alternative names
Short description	Polish archbishop
Date of birth	1572
Place of birth
Date of death	1652
Place of death

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